Corset.



PATENTED OCT. 20., 1903.

" A. P. MoGRAW CORSET.- APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 27, 1903.

No MODEL.

Patented October 20, 1903.

PATENT ()FFICE.

ALBERT P. MCGRAW, OF MQGRAW, NEW YORK.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,697, dated October20, 1903.

Application filed February 27,1903. Serial No. 145,383. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT P. McGRAW, of McGraw, New York, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Corsets, which invention is fully setforth in the following specification. 1

My invention relates to corsets, and more particularly to the mannerofinclosing the corset-steels in their pockets, seaming the corset-bodyto said pockets, and covering said seams, so as to protect the same andstrengthen the corset at this point where great strain and wear occur.

Heretofore it has been customary to stitch the steel in a pocket andstitch the pocket to the body. g

The object of the present invention is to inclose the steel in itspocket, unite it to the. body, and provide a protecting-cover and finishto the joint,all in such manner as to afford a union of great strengthand durability at this critical point in the corsets construction.

With this object in view the invention consists in a corset-steelinclosed in a suitable pocket, a corset-body arranged so as to formFigure 1 is a .front elevation showing a corset-steel,its pocket, andthe manner of uniting the same to the corset-body and covering andfinishing the joint; and Fig. 2 is a cross-sec-- tion on line a: m, Fig.1.

In said drawings, 1 is a corset-steel of usual or any suitableconstruction inclosed in a pocket 2, which pocket has one of its edges 3folded over the other edge 4:, as shown. Ihe edge 5 of the body material6 is then laid above the overlapped edges 3 and 4. of the pocket 2 andthe covering-strip 7 placed over the whole, and a line of stitching 8unites the overlapped edges of the pocket, the body 6, and'thecovering-strip 7. A second line of stitching 9 unites the cover-strip 7to the pocket 2 and may also, if desired, engage th edge5 of the body 6.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In a corset, a strip ofmaterial folded to form a steel-pocket and having one of its rear edgesfolded over the other, a corset-body with its edge superimposed on thefolded edges of the pocket, a cover-strip lyingover the edges of thebody and pocket, and a line of stitches passing through all the parts.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT P. MCGRAW.

Witnesses:

, ELIZABETH S. JONES,

Mrs. J. R. ROWE.

